Mollugo verticillata L.
common carpetweed (green carpetweed)
Molluginaceae (Carpet-weed family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
common carpetweed (green carpetweed)
Molluginaceae (Carpet-weed family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Annual herb from a slender taproot; stems prostrate, mat-forming, branched with each branch forked unequally, glabrous or slightly glandular-hairy, up to 20-50 cm long.
Leaves:
Basal leaves lacking; stem leaves whorled, 4-10 per whorl, linear-oblanceolate to egg-shaped, 5-30 mm long, 1-3 mm wide, narrowed to short stalks.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of axillary clusters of solitary flowers on slender stalks 3-10 mm long; petals lacking; sepals greenish-white, white on the inner surface, 3-veined, oblong, 1.5-2.5 mm long.
Fruits:
Capsules, egg-shaped, 3-4 mm long; seeds 0.5 mm long with narrow longitudinal ridges, dark reddish-brown, shiny.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Mollugo verticillata
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1440 | 1440 | 1440 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
1 | 1 | 1 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
0 | ||
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
6 | 6 | 6 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
1 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
MS | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
MS(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Wet to mesic roadsides, fields and ditches in the lowland and montane zones; rare in the lower Fraser Valley and SC BC; E to NB and NS and S to TX, CA and MX; possibly native only to tropical America.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Mollugo berteriana Ser.